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Unseen photos of David Bowie and Freddie Mercury feature in new Denis O’Regan online exhibition-Tori Brazier-Entertainment – Metro
New snaps of Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones also feature.
The photographer’s snaps include this previously unseen one of David Bowie, taken in Australia in 1983 (Picture: Denis O’Regan/PA)
Unseen photos of David Bowie and Freddie Mercury are among those featuring in a new online exhibition by music photographer Denis O’Regan to celebrate his 69th birthday.
The 69 Days exhibition with West Contemporary gallery will feature a selection of O’Regan’s classic pictures alongside six previously unseen snaps of some of the biggest musical stars in the world.
Running from October 24 to January 1 2023, the exhibition will also sell limited-edition prints of the images, with 10% of each sale donated to Great Ormond Street Hospital’s charity GOSH.
Among the unseen photos, there are two of the influential and revered Bowie, who was a long-term collaborator with O’Regan.
One sees the Space Oddity singer looking relaxed with sunglasses as he stares off into the distance. It was taken outside Palm Springs, California in 1983 when Bowie was performing for the Apple founders’ US Festival in San Bernardino.
The other captures the artist soaking up the late sun backstage at VLF Park in Melbourne, Australia in 1983.
Bowie and O’Regan were long-term collaborators (Picture: Denis O’Regan/PA)
Bowie died of liver cancer on January 10 2016, two days after his 69th birthday.
Another image sees Mercury lounging on the terrace of his Budapest penthouse suite in Hungary in 1986 as he rehearsed lyrics of a local folk song that would be introduced into Queen’s show at the Nepstadion stadium.
The singer, who was recently heard on Queen’s newly-released song Face It Alone, 34 years after recording it, died of bronchial pneumonia resulting from Aids at the age of 45 in November 1991.
Freddie Mercury leaning a locla folk song in Budapest, Hungary in 1986 marks another unreleased picture from O’Regan’s archives (Picture: Denis O’Regan/PA)
O’Regan is also showing pictures from Queen’s 1986 Magic Tour (Picture: Denis O’Regan/PA)
A previously unseen picture of Sir Mick Jagger performing on stage at the Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1982 with the Rolling Stones also features in the exhibition, as well as a snap of the singer stretching while wearing a red jacket with ‘Mick’ emblazed on the back ahead of a show at Slane Castle in Ireland.
To round off the six unseen images is an up-close shot of Keith Richards from the band.
Among the classic O’Regan images in the new exhibition is a selection of Mercury on stage during the 1986 Magic Tour including shows at Slane Castle, Wembley Stadium and Maine Road in Manchester.
Sir Mick Jagger entertains the crowd in Sweden in 1982 in this previously unseen photo (Picture: Denis O’Regan/PA)
Sir Mick limbering up ahead of a concert in Slane Castle, Ireland, which was one of the few, according to O’Regan, which started with him in this jacket (Picture: Denis O’Regan/PA)
A new close-up of Sir Mick’s Rolling Stones bandmate Keith Richards from 1982 (Picture: Denis O’Regan/PA)
Pictures of Bob Marley at Montego Bay in Jamaica in 1980 and Bowie and Sir Mick laughing together in London’s Soho also feature.
During the sale, there will be a limited edition of ten prints of each photo, with the images ranging in price from £1,440 to £9,000.
Sarah Bissell, GOSH charity’s deputy director of relationship funding, commented: ‘We at GOSH Charity are honoured to be part of this fantastic project which will raise funds to support the hospital’s most urgent needs.
A shot of Freddie Mercury at Queen’s iconic Wembley Stadium gig in 1986 (Picture: Denis O’Regan/PA)
Bowie and Sir Mick hanging out together in London in 1987 (Picture: Denis O’Regan/PA)
‘Money from the sale of each print could fund ground-breaking research into children’s health, support services for children and their families, vital rebuilding and refurbishment of the hospital and life-saving medical equipment.
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‘I’d like to extend a huge thank you to Denis O’Regan and West Contemporary Editions.’
Denis O’Regan’s online exhibition and special print sale, 69 Days, launches on October 24 and runs until January 1 2023.
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